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Yi Wang1, Ruge Lin2, Laiming Zhang1
1College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Sciencet, National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang Engineering Laboratory of Food Technology and Equipmen, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.
Abstract:
Phenolic compounds are popular in screening novel hypoglycemic agents, but the impact of oxidative degradation on the determination of α-glucosidase inhibitory activity and bioavailability is unclear. Here we showed 12 phenolic compounds structure-dependently degraded during standard simulated digestion, while in physiological hypoxia their retention rates were all over 87.89 %. This enhancement of digestive stability resulted in the biggest drop of 31.72 % in IC50 against α-glucosidase and a significant increase in bioavailability. Enzyme kinetic and multi-spectroscopic analysis confirmed oxygen weakened the affinity of compounds to α-glucosidase, but the mechanisms were not changed. Moreover, a two-chamber culture system was designed to meet conflicting demands for oxygen between epithelium and cavity, and better α-glucosidase inhibitory activities (51.61 % maximum reduction in glucose production) and absorption rates (up to 1.10 % from undetectable) were obtained than those of uncontrolled oxygen. Hence, the oxygen level should be monitored to assess the activities of phenolic compounds in vitro.
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